Battery module and power system
A power system includes a battery module and a battery ECU. The battery module includes multiple battery stacks. Each of multiple battery stacks includes multiple battery cells, multiple detectors which independently detect physical values of the multiple battery cells, respectively, and multiple individual communicators which wirelessly output detection results of the multiple detectors. Each of the multiple individual communicators communicates a radio signal wirelessly to and from a general monitor. The multiple battery stacks and the general monitor are accommodated in a storage space in a housing having electromagnetic shielding performance. A shield is also accommodated in the storage space while facing a communication hole formed on the housing.
1 . A battery module comprising:
a battery cell;
an individual monitor configured to receive a detection result detected from the battery cell;
an individual communicator configured to wirelessly output the detection result detected from the battery cell;
a communications monitor configured to monitor and wirelessly communicate radio signals to and from the individual communicator;
an electromagnetic shielding housing having (i) a non-electromagnetic shielding portion and (ii) a storage space that houses the battery cell, the individual monitor, the individual communicator and the communications monitor; and
a signal line or power line connected to the communications monitor and extending to an outside of the housing through the non-electromagnetic shielding portion, wherein
the individual monitor faces the battery cell, and
a portion where the signal line or power line and the communications monitor are connected is below an upper surface of the battery cell.
2 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a lower end of the communications monitor is lower than the upper surface of the battery cell.
3 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the individual communicator and the communications monitor are provided at positions closer to a ceiling wall of the housing than to a bottom wall of the housing.
4 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the non-electromagnetic shielding portion is below the portion where the signal line or power line and the communications monitor are connected.
5 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communications monitor is provided on another side surface of the battery cell, the other side surface being different from a side surface on which the individual monitor is provided.
6 . A battery module comprising:
a battery cell;
an individual monitor configured to receive a detection result detected from the battery cell;
an individual communicator configured to wirelessly output the detection result detected from the battery cell;
a communications monitor configured to monitor and wirelessly communicate radio signals to and from the individual communicator;
an electromagnetic shielding housing having (i) a non-electromagnetic shielding portion and (ii) a storage space that houses the battery cell, the individual monitor, the individual communicator and the communications monitor; and
an electromagnetic shield arranged opposite to the non-electromagnetic shielding portion, wherein
the individual monitor faces the battery cell,
the storage space of the housing is defined by a compartment wall, and
the compartment wall has the non-electromagnetic shielding portion.
7 . The battery module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the electromagnetic shield includes:
a facing portion that faces the non-electromagnetic shielding portion; and
a leg extended from the facing portion and connected to the compartment wall.
8 . The battery module as claimed in claim 7 , wherein
the leg is annular and rises from the facing portion toward the compartment wall, and
at least a tip of the leg is connected to the compartment wall by at least partially surrounding the non-electromagnetic shielding portion.
9 . The battery module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein at least a part of the electromagnetic shield is composed of a conductive wire netting.
10 . The battery module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the non-electromagnetic shielding portion includes a hole through the compartment wall to communicate the storage space to an outside.
11 . The battery module as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the non-electromagnetic shielding portion includes a nonconductive seal that seals the hole.
12 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the individual monitor is provided on a side surface of a battery casing accommodating the battery cell.
13 . The battery module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the electromagnetic shield is in the electromagnetic shielding housing.
14 . The battery module as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the electromagnetic shield is arranged opposite to the compartment wall.
15 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the battery module further includes an individual detector that detects the battery cell.
16 . The battery module as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:
a plurality of the battery cells;
a plurality of the individual communicators; and
a plurality of the individual detectors.
17 . A battery module comprising:
a battery cell;
an individual monitor configured to receive a detection result detected from the battery cell;
an individual communicator configured to wirelessly output the detection result detected from the battery cell;
a communications monitor configured to monitor and wirelessly communicate radio signals to and from the individual communicator; and
a housing having a storage space that houses the battery cell, the individual monitor, the individual communicator and the communications monitor,
wherein the individual monitor is provided on a side surface of a battery casing accommodating the battery cell, the side surface connecting top and bottom surfaces of the battery casing.
18 . A battery module comprising:
a battery cell;
an individual monitor configured to receive a detection result detected from the battery cell;
an individual communicator configured to wirelessly output the detection result detected from the battery cell;
a communications monitor configured to monitor and wirelessly communicate radio signals to and from the individual communicator; and
a housing having a storage space that houses the battery cell, the individual monitor, the individual communicator and the communications monitor,
wherein the individual monitor is provided (i) below a top of a battery casing accommodating the battery cell and (ii) outside the battery casing.
19 . The battery module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the communications monitor is intersected by a virtual plane formed by a top of the battery cell.